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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-03

A CONNECTICUT paper records diff
ference of "a degrees in temperature at
the same hour, one recent morning.
within radius of a mile, and calls II
"a freak of nature" 1t was, perhaps,
rather freak of science, or whatever
the system may be called, upon which
popular thermometers are constructed.
1t is no unusual thing, however, for
temperatures to make wide ranges In
comparatively small areas, especially in
hilly regions. Thus the temperature of
the lowest valley might be "a degrees
colder than that of the highest hilltop.
or vice versa. Our atmosphere is made
up of currents and whirls and strata of
different temperatures and degrees of
humidity. and that is why we have al
ternating clouds and sunshine, rain and
dry weather, winds and cslms.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-03
Advice to Father Time.

Old Time: remorseless spirit of all the
Eons of the spectered past,
LeYeller of thrones and conqueror of
kings,
Thou who dost not hesitate to lay thine
EnviOus tooth upon the hardest monu+
meDtS
That man hath reared. Pausel let up I
Give US resti and let little mortal
Common sense penetrate thy weather
beaten
Epldermus, to the end
That thou mdyst carry out thy contract
With greater ease and look little more
Presentable in good society.
Old man, in all the pictures of thee
Now extant thou'rt represented
AS bent old chap, bow legged, with
Scaut and tangled locks
And Innocent of clothes
Except yard OF two of bagging
Girt about thy lOins, which, according
To our ideas, is not extravsgant. consid-
cred
AS wardrobe. nor yet srperhuous
By any means; Oh, no.
And then thou dost appear
AS Juggling round scythe
Of aspect venerable and much dilapida-
ted,
Loose nibbed and with the heel-wedge
gone,
And dull. Great Scottl old pard,
No farmer in these days would set
His hired man to moving brush
With such rickety affair.
An hour-giass doth complete thy outfit
By which thou art supposed to regulate
The span of our poor lives,
And then when it doth turn,
With that bilious old mow-hook
To hack us down.
Old ruin maker, gDawer of tombstones,
Father of buried centuries:
Hearken and be wise.
Perhaps that rig will do to harvest
heather with,
To NOW the dusky HOttentot,
No doubt twill do we'll enough,
But for reaping in this enlightened land
'Tis altogether primitive and ridiculous.
Shoot that hour-glass, old pard,
And get thyself stem-winding watch:
Then when eternity sets in,
And like Othello. thy occupations gone.
Then mayst thou hope to keep it wound
And have no end of fun.
And for mercy's sake, do get pair of
trousers,
For, with clothing down to the last
notch,
There's no excuse
For shocking this enlightened age
By going about clad in such scant array
And. finally, swap that old bnsh hook,
For mower. patent improved.
And pay the difference like man.
And then attach thereto team
And go forth and NOW the human race
With an outfit more in keeping
With this progressive age.
&C. n. Graves in Otsego Journal.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-03
RETURNED.

Oh, yes, they are all back in town
From shore. nook and mountain to-day,
But the hearts they have brought from these
places are not
The hearts which they carried away.
The belle of the season was out
On her afternoon drive in the park. s.
As she lifted her eyes beheld in surprise -
A hope lying dead IN the dark.
Her rival rode by me and bowed
She was fairer than ever, thought,
For her beautiful face was aglow with the grace
OF love which the summer has brought
That bride who went forth in the spring
In glory Of joy and Of light,
Tho she plays well her part, know that her
heart
Wears now bnt the garment of night.
A widow all shlouded in crepe
When she vert to the mountains in May,
Wore rose in her hair with coquettish air
When saw her last night at the play. "
Oh, yes they are all back in town,
From mountain, and country, and sea
Yet see so much change in their faces-Chow
strange
If any one notes it in med
Ella Wheeler Wilcox in Frank Leslie's.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-03
THE NEWS.

Geo Jackson, colored, died at Akron,
at the age of 100.
War is being waged on saloon keep
ers at Mt. Gilead, o.
Five prisoners escaped from the Mt
Sterling (Ky) Jail, last week.
A 100000 fire in Dallas. Tex, T [
Marsalis & Co., losing 100000.
The barbed wire pool have advance
prices from five to ten per cent.
Indictments are being returned against
the election rascals in St. Louis.
Another large gas we'll has been
struck six miles west of Fostoris.
The Democrats have nominated Chas.
81 Baynes for Mayor of Philadelphia.
Benz. Wheeler, Cleveland miser, has
been indicted for numbering his aged
wife.
The town of Port Deposit Nd, was
submerged by an ice gorge in the Sls-
quehanna.
Jacob Van Woert, Stockdale Junction,
Pa, was shot and killed by his sixteen
year-old wife.
The Commercial Club, of Cincinnati
has recommended the sale of the Gin.
cinnati SanthaEn- road.
Mrs Van Zandt has asked Daniel
D0ugherty to act as counsel for the An
arohists He declines.
John Tohill, victim of the Republic
disas; has begun suit against the
B & o road tor $4,000.
Bill Sharpe, noted desperado, want
ed Tor $4,000 burglary, has been Cap
iured in Newcastle, Pa.
The legislative committee of the K. of
L. has petitioned the President TO veto
the interstate commerce bill
William Donaldson, Charleston, W. Va
was killed by Joe Thurmond by blow
on The back of the head with a shovel.
The boilers at Harvey's paper mill,
Welisburg. W. Va, exploded, killing
John Nelson and his nephew, Thomas
Nelson.
A three- year-old child of Charles Gill
man, Minnesota junction, Wis, eXpell-
ed snake from its stomach a foot in
length. The child has since died.
The headless body of a man was
found in a trunk that had been shipped
to Baltimore by express. Clothing on the
body was marked &c. Kautbold."
Forty thousand men are out on a
strike in New York. Longshoremen
and cOal-heayers are still idle. Euro
pean vessels are unable to leave port,
because of scarcity of freight handlers.
At Morris, ILL.,, Henry Schwartz was
taken before Police Magistrate for
preliminary examination, charged with
the murder of the Rock Island express
messenger. The examination was post
p0ned.
Miss Clara Barton, of Washington,
D c. President of the American Nation
al Red Cross Association, and DR.. j B
Hubbell. General Field Agent, are in
Texas, to assist the sufferers by the
drouth.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-03

The White House saw some queer
scenes in Andrew Jackson's time. He
kept open house on the night of his first
inauguration. The carpets of the east
room we're ruined by the orange punch
and lemonade which were served to the
crowd which came to his reception.
Barrels of the punch we're made and it
was brought into the rooms in buckets.
At last the people began to rush for the
walters as soon as they entered the
room. Glasses were broken and ladies,
dresses rnined. Tubs of punch were
iually taken into the garden and in this
way The throng was drawn off and it
was pOssible to serve cake and wine to
the ladies, At Jackson's farewell re
ceptIOD. d monster cheese, as big as a
hog-head 10 circumference, and nearly a
yard thick. was cut with saw-blades
made into knives. and served out to the
guests. Each guest received three
pounds of cheese. The event was the
talk of the nation. aud when Van BureB
became President his New York friends.
cumulative Of Jackson, sent him a big
cheese. 1t was cut in the east room.
The greasy .crum bs falling upon the
carpet were trsmpled into it and the
ruination of the furniture during these
two administrations led the latter Presi-
dent to discontinue the practice of
serving eatables at general receptions.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-03
Death of Adelaide Nelson.

Il had an engagement while in an eastern
city to visit the theatre with Miss Nelson,
who was not playing at the time l had
secured a private box, where she could sit
unobserved and enjoy the pleasure, somewhat
rare to her, of witnessing the efforts Of some
other artists I knew her well, but was not
aware of this organic weakness, and was,
therefore, somewhat perturbed when she spoke
about it and by way of precaution asked me,
in case she became sick and speeches, simply
to give her good shaking and she would be
all right in a moment You may imagine
that the possibility of such an occurrence did
not add materially to my comfort, but, Of
course, the poor girl could not take the
chance of having such turn when in COM
pany with one who hadn't the remoteSt idea
what to do for her, and 1 couldn't blame her
for guarding against any fatal results as well
as she could.
Il think she must have had premonition
of trouble that night, for, sure enough, when
the play was about half over, she attracted
my attention by some slight movement, and
/ saw at once that the trouble she feared was
upon her. Half terrified out Of my wits,
still had sufficient presence of mind to follow
the directions, previously given, and in a mo-
ment had the satisfaction Of hearing her
speak The incident was not observed by the
audience, as the box curtains hid US from
view, and the trouble was over quicker than
it can be described, but l can assure you
have been thankful thousand times that
had been advised what to do in that moment
of terror. From that circumstance l have
evolved my own theory in regard to the real
cause of Miss Nelson's death 1t was reported
at the time that the poor dead Juliet had
taken poison, as Shakespeare's Juliet was
supposed to have done ages before. To me,
however, it seems probable that the tired
heart had stopped short, as it had often tried
to do before, and this time no one was at
hand who knew her disposition or the danger
that constantly hung over her. / don't know
whether any Of these statements were ever
printed before or not, but do know that
what have stated as my own experience =
true. Chicago Herald Interview. ..
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-03

THE rejection of the E,-minatiOn of
j C Matthews. of Albany. as reeurder of
deeds ut the District of Columbia by a
voIe of 81 to II may possibly penetrate
President Cleveland's head with the
idea that be can't settle his obligations
to his colored friend by quartering him
Oh the District of Columbia. If Matth-
ews is nominated to an Office in New
York where he belongs. there will prob
ably be no difficulty ABOUT his con6rma
tion
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-03
Very Remarkable Recovery.

MIR. George V. Willing, of Manchester,
Mich, writes: My wife has been almost help
less for five years, so helpless that she could
not turn over in bed alone; she used two bot
ties of Electric Bitters, and is so much ina
proved that she is able now to do her OWL
work. Electric Bitters will do all that is
claimed for them; hundreds of testimonials
attest their great curative powers. Only SOC
bottle at Pattersons'.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-03
se,nont County omclai Director.

Common Pleas Judge-St. Clair Kelly
Probate Judge Isaac q. CASTOR.
Clerk of COurts-Wm. b. Cash
Sheriff-Oliver E. Foulke.
Auditor-D. 81. Darrah
Treasurer-George Robinson.
Prosecuting Attorney-N. Z. Kennon.
Recorder-W. 8. Hobbs.
Commissioners-Morris Cope, VIM J Berry,
John G. Israel.
Surveyor-Chalkley Dawson.
Coroner-P o. Criswell.
lnfrmary Directors-Joseph Bailey, John
Kintner. Wm- Lodge.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-03

Col. JOHN ). MosBY has planned the
most terrible of his raids. He said that
he is preparing an article on the battle
of Gettysburg that will throw a bomb
shell into the army of historians and
explode all the theories hitherto given
On the subject" So the whole thing is
to b. fought over again and we are in
for twenty years more of IL.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-03
Masonic Directory.

belmont LODGE, No. 16, r. & A. NJ.
I'D Meets every Wednesday night, on or be-
fore full moon.
W. D. BUMGARNER, W. 81.
JESSE B. MRYBR, Sec'y.
CT. OLAIRSVILLE CHAPTER, No. II,
- Royal Arch Masons. Stated convoca-
tions, first Friday of each month.
F. D. BAILEY, 81. P.
J. B. MEYER, Rec.
DELMONT COUNCIL, No. "a, r. & 8. NJ.
ID Meets second Tuesday of each month.
G. W. CARROLL, T. L M.
]. B. MEYER, Sec'y.
HOPE OOMMANDERY, No. 28, K. T.
Ii Stated conclaves, first Tuesday Of each
month. ]. B. RYAN, E. G.
j. B. MRYER, Rec.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-03

A man almost naked was discovered
by q hunter. wandering around In the
snow on Balsam Mountain, North Caro-
lima. He talks dehriously about being a
tirensn on I'D engine in Charleston when
the earthquake occurred. He is a verI'
table skeleton.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-03
POINTS TO BE REMEMBERED.
Dar.a Th.m 70 Hang Him.

Prisoner-Bus do you think they will hang
MI
Counsel-Let them do IL IL they dare. It
would be the best thing that could happen
for our side-we would recover heavy dam
ages.
The prisoner seems to understand the dam
ages that would ensue, but thinks recovery
doubtfuL-Judge
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-03
Ruck,en's ArnIca saIve.

The best Salve in the world for cuts, bruises
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter,
chapped hands, chilblains, corns and all skin
eruptions, and positively cures piles OF no pay
required; ii is guaranteed to give perfect sat
isfaction or money refunded; price csc. per
box. For sale by PATTERSON & Sons, st.
Clairsville, Ohio Q 1911
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-03

The joint resolution proposing a con-
stitutIonal amendment requiring the
election of U. s. senators by the people
has been adversely reported by the Ju'
dietary Committee of the Honse of Rep
resentatives.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-03

To ONE who said: Il do not believe
there is an honest man In the world.
another replied, at is impossible thai
any one man should know all the world
but it is quite possible that one may
know himself"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-03

GENERAL STONE, The famous soldier
and engineer, who died in New York
on Monday of last week, was the vic
tim of a mysterious and long nnexplain-
ed act of wrong and injustice by his
government. We believe he command.
ed at Balls Bluff. one of the early fights
on the Potomac. and was arrested for
alleged misconduct in the field and im-
prisoned for seven months, without any
charges being preferred against him.
He was discharged III August. 1882 Ans
no explanation was ever made TO him
10y the government for his long co,line-
ment. In his recent work Jas. G Blaine
refers to the Imprisonment of G-neral
Stone at considerable length, and cnars
acterrz"s it IS most urjnstifiable con
duet on the parl of the government off
cials. The why a d wherefore of it is
still mystery. On his discharge. Gen.
Stone served in The southwest until be
was given command Of the fifth army
corps before Petersbnrgh, in 1864. At
ter the civil war he held high command
in Egypt under the Khedive. as chief-ef
staff Gen. Sherman said in New York
recently that Gen. Stone was ignorant
of the cause of his arrest and imprisoD-
ment to the day of his death.
In brief the provisions of the inter-
state commerce Law are these: They dc
not apply to traffic transactions wholly
carried on within one state. There
shall be no Determinations affecting
like kinds of passenger or freight traffic.
There shall be no greater charge for
passenger or freight transportation for
shortet than for longer distance over
the same line, in the same direction, the
shorter being included within the long,
er distance; nor as great charge for
shorter as for longer distance authort
lied, although these regulations may be
modified, in special cases, by the govern
menJ commission appointed for the pur
pose. The pooling of freights or net
earnings of competing railroads is for
bidden. Railroads must publish, for
the inspection of everybody, schedules
of rates and fares, and give public notice
of an advance in them. The breakage
of bulk shipments, or any other devise
to evade the law, is prohibited, and
heavy fines are provided for offenses.
Five commissioners are created. at an
annual salary of $500 each, the first
five to be appointed by the President, to
serve for two. three. fons, five and six
years respectively; the commission be-
ing allowed secretary at $500 d year.
The commissioners must not be in any
Way interested peculiarly in the prop
erty of railroads affected by the act, or
in the employ of the companies.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-03

AYERS Sarsaparilla is the most pos
tent blood purifier, and a fountain of
health and strength. Be wise in time
All baleful affections are promptly re-
moved by this unequalled Alternative.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-03
Asphaltum In Utah.

A deposit Of pure esphaltum, from fifteen
to twenty feet thick, has been discovered
near Thistle Station In Utah. 1t is worth
$40 a ton, and the expense of mining is only
forty csnts
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-03

A YOUNG gentlman wishes to know
which Is proper To say on leaving young
lady friend after late call, good night
or good evening. Never tell lie,y young
man; say good morning.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-03

UII stinsoo &CO., Portland, Msins, Win receive
E.III { free, full information about work which
HIEII they do, and live At home, that will pay
VI " LII them from S. 70 IS per day. Some have
earned over $50 IN day Either sex, young old. Capital
not required You Ssted free Thoie who start 81
shsolufaly sure Of sung Little FORTUNES. Al d nav.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-03

At Santa Ana, Cal, raisin making Is In fun
blast. Most people are laying down their
own grapes, as there appear to be no buysrS
N tho field for raisin grapes.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-03

GROUP, Whooping Cough and bronchitis
Immediately relieved by Shiloh's Cure. Sold
by Patterson & Sons.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-03
Rnnfa Tor DOCS

Boots for dogs are racher new, and are
much used for hunting dogs to protect their
feet and ankles IN stlbble ground and brisr
patches
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-02-03
Miscellaneous Business Cards.
Dr.Fenner' 'SKidney
WBack-aChe Cure.

Rev. A. j. MERCHANT, Presiding Elder NJ.
E. Church, Mesdvile, Pa, writes:
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Frank PercivsI, Rochester, writes
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than all the Kidney remedies taken In the
past two years. six bottles entirely cured me. ,
Mrs James Fuller, Fredonia. N Y writes
March g. 1883 DIR FENNER's Kidney and
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Harry Waters, Hamlet, N Y writes
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published Every Thursday
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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-19

brought into the house. The moistur,
causes boots and shoes to become wet
whenever one passes out of doors
Many colds are produced in conse
quence of the feet becoming wet. Plair
walks made of two'inch plank placed
on scantlings will do r Nch toward OBJ
waiting these troubles. Such walk
should extend from the outer door most
generally used to the well, the privy,
and barn. Being smooth, hard anc
elevated from the ground 1t is easy tt
keep it free Of snow. Such walks cos
but little and will last FOR many years.
They prevent wet feet and save much
work in the house. 1t is impossible f
introduce all the comforts of the city
or village into the country, but it il
practical to secure moro things thai
conduce to enjoyment than most farm
ers of good means provide.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-19
Investigating Failures.

Let a farmer raise an extraordinary
crop of any kind and he Immediately
''rushes into print to give an account
of it. Then farmers and newspaper
correspondents visit the place with
view of ascertaining how it was pro-
duced. The soil is carefully examined
and information obtained about the
kind and amount of fertilizers applied
to the land. The method of blowing
and cultivating and the time of plant
ing or sowing are learned. The varie-
ty of seed is also ascertained and the
quantity used on a given amount OF
land. In short every detail is obtained
and placed before the farming public.
As with field crops so with those pro-
duced in the garden, orchard, and vine.
yard. The method pursued in produc-
ing those that are large are always care
fully described. The like is true in re-
gard to success in any department of
stock-raising, keeping poultry, or pro-
ducng honey. We always learn who
succeeds in any of these pursuits. and
if we do not learn the exact cause Of
the success we learn under what condi-
tions the success was obtained, and
generally infer that they are the proper
ones to establish in all cases. The
method employed in producing a pre-
MUM crop of any kind is generally fol-
lowed in the vicinity where it was
raised.
The cause of failure in any depart
ment of agriculture are not thus care
fully considered and patiently investi-
gated. The farmer who raises very
poor crop of any kind is not anxious to
publish the fact to the world Gener-
ally mo one but his creditors and next
neighbors know much about it. He
fails to produce paying crop of wheat.
oats. rye, corn, or potatoes, or all of
them, perhaps one year and perhaps
during a succession of years, but no one
ascertains the cause of the failure. and
most likely no one attempts to do so.
The farmer who raises poor crop Of
any kind may occupy land similar to-
that of his neighbors who raise excel
lent crops of the same kind. He may